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Cancer Five-Year Survival Rate
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Why Is This Important?
Nearly 17 million Americans with a previous cancer diagnosis are living in the United States.[https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/statistics ^1^] People are living longer after a cancer diagnosis because of advances in early detection and treatment.[https://www.cdc.gov/cancer-survivors/hcp/info/ ^2^]
Definition
Five-year relative survival is the five-year survival experienced by a cohort of cancer patients in the absence of other causes of death. Relative survival takes into account the fact that some cancer patients will die of causes other than their cancer, and is calculated using survival life tables.
Data Source
SEER*Stat, National Center Institute(https://www.seer.cancer.gov/seerstat)
How the Measure is Calculated
| Numerator: | The proportion of observed survivors (all causes of death) in a cohort of cancer patients who survive five years or longer |
| Denominator: | The proportion of expected survivors in a comparable cohort of individuals without cancer who survive five years or longer |
How Are We Doing?
The proportion of cancer survivors living at least five years after diagnosis is slowly increasing but the Healthy New Jersey 2020 target was only met among Asian/Pacific Islanders.
Available Services
NJDOH has many programs and partnerships related to cancer resources, data, information, and prevention. [http://nj.gov/health/ces/]
More Resources
CDC Cancer Survivors Info: [https://www.cdc.gov/cancer-survivors/]
Health Program Information
NJDOH Cancer Initiatives: [http://nj.gov/health/ces] '''NOTE:''' *2000-2019: No U.S. life table was available for Asian race alone so "other race" was used for the calculation and no U.S. life table was available for Hispanic ethnicity alone so "all races" was used. Therefore, caution should be used in interpreting Asian and Hispanic cancer survival rates. 2010-2019 survival rates for White, Black, and Asian/Pacific Islander include Hispanics and non-Hispanics. Hispanic ethnicity includes persons of any race. Race and Hispanic ethnicity are not mutually exclusive in the 2010-2019 data. [[br]] *2020: New U.S. life tables became available for Asian race and Hispanic ethnicity. Therefore, interpret changes between 2019 and 2020 with caution. 2020 survival rates for White, Black, and Asian/Pacific Islander do not include Hispanics. Hispanic ethnicity includes persons of any race. Race and Hispanic ethnicity are mutually exclusive in the 2020 data.
Footnote References
1. [https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/statistics Cancer Statistics], National Cancer Institute. 9/25/20. 2. [https://www.cdc.gov/cancer-survivors/hcp/info/ Information for Health Care Providers], Cancer Survivors, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, CDC. 5/28/20.